Invited Speakers

NN22 Invited Speakers (tentative list)

Plenary Speakers

	Prof. Paul Blom Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany Device operation and stability of TADF based OLEDs short bio short bio Paul Blom received his Ir. Degree (Physics) in 1988 and his Ph. D. Degree in 1992, respectively, from the Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. His thesis work was on picosecond charge carrier dynamics in GaAs quantum wells. At Philips Research Laboratories he was engaged in the electrical characterization of various oxidic thin-film devices, the electro-optical properties of polymer light-emitting diodes and the field of rewritable optical storage based on phase-change and magneto-optical recording using blue laser diodes. In May 2000 he was appointed as a Professor at the University of Groningen, where he was heading a group in the field of organic semiconducting devices. In September 2008 he was appointed as the Scientific Director of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven where the focus is on the realization of electronic systems in foil. Since September 2012 he joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz as director in the field of molecular electronics. The main research directions are on electrical and optical properties of organic semiconductors and hybrids, their relation to morphology, properties of multifunctional blends and bio-electronics. He co-authored over 370 papers in these research fields (h-index 87). He was co-recipient of the EU Descartes Prize 2003 for the development of polymer light-emitting diodes and received in 2015 the Holst Medal, awarded once every 4 years by the Dutch Royal Academy of Science, for his contribution to organic electronics.

	Prof. Lorenzo Moroni Professor of Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine & Scientific Director of the MERLN Institute, Maastrcht University, The Netherlands Biofabrication in regenerative medicine: from textile scaffolds to bioprinting short bio short bio Lorenzo Moroni studied Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, and Nanoscale Sciences at Chalmers Technical University, Sweden. He received his Ph.D. cum laude in 2006 at University of Twente on 3D scaffolds for osteochondral regeneration, for which he was awarded the European doctorate award in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering from the European Society of Biomaterials (ESB). In 2007, he worked at Johns Hopkins University as a post-doctoral fellow in the Elisseeff lab, focusing on hydrogels and stem cells. In 2008, he was appointed the R&D director of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank of Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, where he investigated the use of stem cells from alternative sources for cell banking, and the development of novel bioactive scaffolds for skeletal regeneration. From 2009 till 2014, he joined again University of Twente, where he got tenured in the Tissue Regeneration department. Since 2014 he works at Maastricht University, where he is a founding member of the MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine. In 2016, he became full professor in biofabrication for regenerative medicine. His research group interests aim at developing biofabrication technologies to generate libraries of 3D scaffolds able to control cell fate, with applications spanning from skeletal to vascular, neural, and organ regeneration. In 2014, he received the prestigious Jean Leray award for outstanding young principal investigators from the ESB and the ERC starting grant. In 2016, he also received the prestigious Young Scientist Award for outstanding principal investigators from TERMIS. In 2017, he was elected as faculty of the Young Academy of Europe and in the top 100 Italian scientists within 40 worldwide by the European Institute of Italian Culture. Since 2019, he is chair of the Complex Tissue Regeneration department and vice-director of MERLN.

	Prof. Jenny Nelson Royal Society Research Professor, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, UK Optimising solar energy conversion in molecular electronic materials short bio short bio Jenny Nelson is a Royal Society Research Professor based in the Physics department at Imperial College London, where she researches novel materials for solar energy conversion. Her current research is focussed on understanding structure-property relationships in molecular and hybrid semiconductor materials and how these relationships influence the mechanisms of solar energy conversion. This work combines basic experimental (electrical, spectroscopic and structural) measurements with simulation of materials and devices, with the aim of optimising the performance of solar cells and other devices. She also works with the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial to explore the mitigation potential of renewable energy technologies. She is an ISI Highly Cited Researcher and has published over 250 articles, several book chapters and a book on the physics of solar cells. She holds several awards including the 2016 Institute of Physics Faraday medal and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014.

Keynote Speakers

	Prof. Spiros Anastasiadis, University of Crete & FORTH IESL, Greece Development of Functional Surfaces with Controllable Wettability and Water Adhesion
	Dr. Denis Andrienko, Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
	Dr. Francesco De Angelis, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy Nanostructured devices for recording bio-electrical and bio-chemical activities in living cells
	Prof. Milan Damnjanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Elementary band graphs: subgraphs and topological material properties
	Prof. Efthimios Kaxiras, Harvard University, USA Twistronics: electronic and phononic properties of twisted multilayered 2D materials
	Prof. Guglielmo Lanzani, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy The route towards an organic liquid retina nano-prosthesis
	Prof. Elefterios Lidorikis, University of Ioannina, Greece Self-consistent modelling of mid-IR optoelectronics based on graphene
	Prof. Andreas Offenhaeusser, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany Engineering the Neuro-electronic Interface with Nanoscale Tools
	Prof. Kostas Sarakinos, University of Helsinki, Finland Strategies for designing novel weakly-interacting heterostructures
	Prof. Mehmet Sarikaya, University of Washington, USA Genetically Engineered Design and Implementation of Coherent bio/nano Interfaces at the Molecular Scale
	Prof. Prasad Shastri, University of Freiburg, Germany
	Prof. Seppo Vainio, University of Oulu, Finland

Invited Speakers

	Dr. Raul Arenal, University of Zaragoza, Spain From the Atomic Structure to the Optoelectronic Properties Studies of 1D and 2D Complex Nanostructures via TEM
	Prof. Antonio Di Bartolomeo, University of Salerno, Italy Environmental effects on the electric transport and the photoresponse in 2D-materials based FETs
	Dr. Panagiotis Bilalis, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Ultrashort Peptides as Versatile Materials for biomedical Applications. From Scaffolds for 3D Cell Culture to Strong Adhesives
	Prof. Fabio Biscarini, Italian Institute of Technology/University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
	Prof. Aristos Christou, University of Maryland, USA Challenges of Overcoming Defects in Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Power Electronics
	Dr. James Patrick Connolly, GeePs-CentraleSupelec, France Simulating experimental techniques : Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy
	Dr. George Deligeorgis, FORTH IESL, Greece Next generation electronics using low dimensionality nanomaterials
	Dr. Hendrik Faber, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Adhesion lithography for the fabrication of nanogap electronics
	Prof. Roberto Guerra, University of Milan, Italy Predicting the failure of two-dimensional silica glasses
	Prof. Gianluca Maria Farinola, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
	Prof. Shadi Fatayer, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Single-molecule chemical reactions probed by atomic force microscopy
	Dr. Ilise Feitshans, European Scientific Institute, France Global Health Impacts of Nanotechnology Law: Nanoregulations Governing Food
	Dr. Dimitra Georgiadou, University of Southampton, UK
	Prof. Diego Ghezzi, EPFL, Switzerland Organic photovoltaics for wireless wide-area retinal stimulation
	Prof. Alon Gorodetsky, University of California, Irvine, USA Dynamic Materials Inspired by Cephalopods
	Dr. Paschalis Goupidenis, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany Organic neuromorphic electronics for learning and bio-interfacing
	Prof. Ilya Goykhman, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
	Dr. Gabriela Graziani, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Italy Ionized Jet Deposition of antibacterial and pro-osseointegrative nanocoatings in orthopaedics: validation in vitro and in vivo
	Prof. Vangelis Harmandaris, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
	Prof. Charlotte Hauser, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia From Nano- to Supramolecular Structures: Use of Ultrashort Self-Assembling Peptides for Regenerating Life
	Prof. David Horwat, University of Lorraine, France Competitive crystalline/amorphous and selective growth modes: New opportunities to manipulate the properties of functional surfaces and devices
	Prof. Weishan Huang, Louisiana State University, USA
	Dr. Sandra Jenatsch, Fluxim AG, Switzerland Quantitative defect analysis and upscaling losses in photovoltaic cells and modules
	Prof. Rupert Kargl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
	Dr. Nikos Kehagias, Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology NCSR "Demokritos", Greece Meta-nano manufacturing: current status and perspective of high-end, high- throughput manufacturing of nano-enabled components and meta-surfaces
	Dr. George Kenanakis, FORTH IESL, Greece Optical metasurfaces implemented by Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures
	Prof. Joseph Kioseoglou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Deciphering the Nanoparticles by Atomic Level, Large-Scale Simulations
	Dr. Aron Kneer, TinniT Technologies GmbH, Germany Cross-scale simulation method for the prediction of R2R-printing, drying and phase separation process in the field of organic electronics production
	Prof. Kyriakos Komvopoulos, University of California at Berkeley, USA Topological and Chemical Surface Cues of Electrospun Microfibrous Polymeric Scaffolds Influence Cell Activity
	Prof. Vasileios Koutsos, University of Edinburgh, UK Micro/Nanofiber Structures for Mechanical Energy Harvesting
	Dr. Dimitrios Koutsouras, Imec, The Netherlands Biomedical devices and therapeutic applications
	Dr. Natasa Lazic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Linear dispersions in low-dimensional structures: the role of crystalline symmetries, time reversal, and spin-orbit coupling
	Dr. Anne Linhardt, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria Novel Origami Foil Based Microfluidic Chip for DNA Amplification and Multiplex Detection Fabricated by High-throughput R2R UV-NIL
	Prof. Ivanka Milosevic, Department of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Topological quantum chemistry for quasi-one-dimensional systems with either translational or helical periodicity
	Prof. Yannis Missirlis, Lab of Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece The flux of information within living systems: basic unknowns
	Prof. Tiina Nypelo, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Magnetic nanocellulose materials
	Prof. George Palasantzas, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Casimir forces in real material interactions and device applications
	Prof. David Payne, Imperial College London, UK A study of myoglobin and haemoglobin using vacuum and ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
	Prof. Laurent Pedesseau, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA Rennes), France
	Prof. Jean-Francois Pierson, University of Lorraine, France Controlled oxidation of VN thin films: a new and efficient method to get thermochromic VO2 on large surfaces
	Dr. Christopher Proctor, University of Cambridge, UK
	Prof. Milos Radonjic, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Serbia DFT+Σ2 method for electron correlation effects at transition metal surfaces and nano-devices
	Prof. Vittoria Raffa, University of Pisa, Italy Pushing the boundaries of genome editing with nanomedicine
	Dr. Amalia Rapakousiou, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece 1D and 2D Advanced Carbon Nanocomposites for Mechanics and Energy applications
	Dr. Noemie Rivollier, CT-IPC, France Multi-nano layer polymer coextrusion : a large scale process to nanostructure polylmer/2D inorganic material based thin films
	Dr. Otello Maria Roscioni, Goldbeck Consulting Ltd., UK A robust multiscale workflow for open simulation platforms
	Prof. ‪Eirini Sarigiannidou, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France Defect engineering in highly conductive ZnO nanowires grown by chemical bath deposition
	Prof. Stefan Spirk, Graz University of Technology, Austria Challenges in biopolymer thin films in Nanotechnology
	Prof. Philippe Steyer, National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon), France Innovative PVD ZrCu-based Thin film Metallic Glasses: from characterization to biomedical applications
	Prof. Tekla Tammelin, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
	Prof. Wim Thielemans, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Thermodynamics of ion-driven gelation of cellulose nanocrystal suspensions
	Prof. Yohann Thimont, University of Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, France Transparent conducting and thermoelectric properties of thin films of p-type copper based compounds
	Prof. Leonidas Tsetseris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece First-principles studies on advanced electronic materials
	Dr. Zacharias Viskadourakis, FORTH IESL, Greece 3D-printed metasurfaces for potential energy harvesting applications at 2.4 GHz
	Prof. Ioannis S. Vizirianakis, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, AUTH, Greece From multi-omics profiling and machine learning to the design of pharmacogenomics-based clinical trials in cardiovascular precision medicine
	Prof. Konstantinos Vyrsokinos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece NEBULA project: Combining BTO based plasmonic modulators with Neuromorphic Augmentented Receivers for higher than 100Gbaud Intra- and Inter- Data Center Interconnects
	Prof. Xiao-Jun Wang, Georgia Southern University, USA Redox Probe for Bio-thiol Detection Using Photoluminescent CdTe Quantum Dot-Polynitroxylated Albumin Composite
	Prof. Darius Widera, University of Reading, UK
	Dr. Fabrice Wilhelm, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France X-ray absorption spectroscopy: a powerful tool to decipher the magnetism in nanoparticles and nanocomposites
	Prof. Ioanna Zergioti, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Laser Induced Forward Transfer as an enabling bioprinting technology